Jason Johnson wrote:
On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 8:06 PM, Colin Putney cputney@wiresong.ca wrote:
On 9-Nov-08, at 7:47 AM, Jason Johnson wrote:
How close is MC 2?
MC2 is here. The current release is 2.0.29. Download it from:
Yea, I knew it had been released. I meant more in the sense of how close to being the main revision system (which you also answered).
Thanks, Jason
MC1 and MC2 are different animals. MC2 offers the potential of a different workflow, and more flexibility. This means that much of the process for using MC2, and the tools to support the process is still being worked upon.
However MC1.5 is intended to be the culmination, the zenith, of all things MC1, with bugs ironed out, supporting all of the exisitng mcz files out there, in all of the images that the community uses, to the best of its ability. As a further step, MC1.6 adds Atomic loading, a feature which will follow in MC2 fairly shortly afterwards.
FYI: PackageInfo used by MC1.5 is 6-8x faster than in MC1 and the loader in MC1.6 is 3x faster than the loader in MC1.5.
So MC2 is a replacement for MC1 as and when your process is requires it. MC1.5/6 will hang around in the background as the good old reliable workhorse for everyone else.
best regards
Keith
p.s. The goal for MC1.7 if it happens will include binary (instant?) loading. So no MC1.0 is not yet dead.